HMD 416 GLOBAL CULTURES AND HUMAN DEV

This course critically examines various approaches to mental health, human development, and psychotherapeutic practices within global cultural contexts. Students will explore how different societies conceptualize early childhood development, well-being, psychological distress, and therapeutic interventions through their unique cultural, historical, and psychological frameworks. The course focuses on decolonial and global perspectives to understanding psychological theories of early childhood, youth and adolescent development, parenting, and family dynamics by engaging with Indigenous knowledge systems, Global South perspectives, and traditional healing and therapeutic approaches and methods.

Credits

4

Cross Listed Courses

This is the same course as CRE 416/GWS 416/AFR 426.

Prerequisite

Any 200-level course

Registration Restrictions

Instructor Permission required. Open to juniors and seniors; and to sophomores with permission of the instructor.

Enrollment Limit

Enrollment limited to 16 students.

Attributes

MOIB, MOIE, SDP, SIC, W